Alfred Robert Gessinger ’27
AL DIED Sept. 19, 1990, in retirement at New Canaan, Conn. He was one of the 1927ers who have enjoyed two successful careers. The first (193137) was as an attorney. He became a master in chancery of NJ., and practiced for a few years with the firm of Lindabury, Stulman, Zink and Lafferty in Newark, NJ.
Shifting to industry, At attained brilliant success in serving for 40 years with the Werner Machine Co. of Passaic, N.J., manufacturers of textile machinery. He became a partner, head of Massco, and partner in the P.R. Sales Co. He performed a notable service during WWII, in overseeing the manufacture of parts for cargo vessels, plane repair machines, shells for the U.S. Navy, and other defense goods.
The industrialist married a scholarAnnalee Joann Rose, educated at Wellesley and the Sorbonne. He cherished many interests, including philately, and served on the schools committee of the local Princeton Alumni Assn., and as an elder of the Ridgewood, N.J., West Side Presbyterian Church. The Class expresses its sympathy with his son, Paul R. Gessinger.
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